Reviews in brief

RIVERS AND RIVER TERRACES, Geographical Readings edited by G. H. Dury. 8½ by 5½ inches, 283 pages, maps, diagrams, index. Macmillan, London 1970. Bound $9.10, paper $5.15. APPLIED COASTAL GEOMORPHOLOGY, Geographical Readings edited by J. A. Steers. 8½ by 5½ inches, 227 pages, maps, diagrams, index. Macmillan, London 1971. Bound $9.10, paper $5.15. INTRODUCTION TO COASTLINE DEVELOPMENT, Geographical Readings edited by J. A. Steers. 8½ by 5½ inches, 229 pages, maps, diagrams, index. Macmillan, London 1971. Bound $9.10, paper $5.15. REGIONAL ECOLOGY, The Study of Man's Environment by Robert E. Dickinson. 8½ by 5½ inches, xiii and 199 pages, index. John Wiley and Sons, New York 1970. $7.30. WORLD SOILS by E. M. Bridges. 9¼ by 7¼ inches, 89 pages, photos, maps, diagrams, index. Cambridge University Press, London and New York 1970. 15 shillings sterling, paper. FLORA OF THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY by Nancy T. Burbidge and Max Gray. 10 by 7½ inches, vii and 447 pages, map, line drawings, glossary, bibliography, index. Australian National University Press, Canberra 1970. $12.00. FITZROY REGION, QUEENSLAND-RURAL PRODUCTION, Map sheet and booklet. 40 pages, Resources Series, Geographic Section, Commonwealth Department of National Development, Canberra 1969. $0.75. THE AUSTRALIAN ENVIRONMENT edited by G. W. Leeper, 10 by 7 inches, xi and 163 pages, maps, photos, diagrams. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation in association with Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, fourth edition (revised) 1970. $5.80. OFFSHORE AUSTRALIA, the Continental Shelf, the Slope, and beyond prepared by the Economic Department, Bank of New South Wales and W. G. H. Maxwell, 9½ by 7 inches, 68 pages, maps including coloured insert, photos, diagrams, Bank of New South Wales, Sydney 1971. IMMIGRATION: ATLAS OF AUSTRALIAN RESOURCES, second series, with commentary by I. H. Burnley. 9½ by 7 inches, 21 pages, one sheet, seven maps. Geographic Section, Department of National Development, Canberra 1970. $0.75 folded or unfolded. MAPS AND DIAGRAMS by F. J. Monkhouse and H. R. Wilkinson, 8½ by 5½ inches, xxii and 522 pages, maps, diagrams, photos, index. University Paperback, Methuen, London 1971. Cloth $8.90, paper $3.70. FRONTIERS IN GEOGRAPHICAL TEACHING edited by Richard J. Chorley and Peter Haggett. 8½ by 5½ inches, xi and 384 pages, maps, diagrams, index. Methuen, London, second edition 1970. Bound $7.40, paper $3.55. THE DESTRUCTION OF ABORIGINAL SOCIETY, Aboriginal P